Natural Sources

The following classes of organisms serve as the natural sources of materials under investigation:

Bacteria/Microbes

• Mycobacteria, in particular Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis BCG
• Actinomycetes, vaiorus genera such Nonomurea, Actinomyces

Plants

• Higher Plants
  • Herbal Dietary Supplements
  • Traditional Medicinal Plants, Ethnobotanicals
  • Tropical Plants from Biodiversity Prospecting Studies
  • Plants with therapeutical in vitro bioactivity
• Bryophytes (Liverworts) and Lichens

Animals & Arthropods

• Sus scrophulus, Popillia japonica

Fungi

• Basidiomycetes